Upcoming Meetings about Local Parks and Open Spaces
REVIEW OF DOT PROPOSAL FOR ALLEN AND PIKE STREET:
ALLEN & PIKE STREET COMMUNITY MEETING
Monday, March 9th at 1:00pm
Hester Street Collaborative, 113 Hester St., Lower Level
DOT is proposing new bike lanes, pedestrian plaza’s, and signal changes on Allen & Pike. Join the UNRAP coalition for a discussion of the DOT proposal for the Allen and Pike Street malls. See the DOT proposal at:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/allenpike.pdf
Review the Allen & Pike Street community study by the UNRAP coalition:
http://www.hesterstreet.org/newsletters/october08.html#allen
CB #3 Transportation & Public Safety Committee MEETING
Wednesday, March 11 at 6:30pm
BRC Senior Services Center - 30 Delancey Street (btwn Chrystie & Forsyth Sts)
CHINATOWN WORKING GROUP:
PARKS, RECREATION, AND OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE
Thursday, March 19th at 4:00pm
Community Board 1, 49-51 Chambers St., Room 709
We will be developing the Chinatown Working Group’s guiding principles for the Parks, Recreation & Open Spaces. These recommendations will become part of a comprehensive, community wide vision for Parks, Recreation, and Open Space in Chinatown. Join us, and weigh in!!!
Learn more about the Chinatown Working Group:
http://www.chinatownworkinggroup.org/
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Visit the Year of the Ox Lantern Installation!
Visit the second annual Lunar New Year lantern installation in Sara D. Roosevelt Park during the month of February. Lanterns were created by over 250 students from M.S. 131, the Chinatown YMCA, and Asian Americans for Equality as part of HSC's Ground Up program. The installation will be on view in the Hester Street Playground between Grand and Hester Streets along along the Forsyth and Chrystie Street walkways. Map it!
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HSC and UNRAP release Allen and Pike Street Report
HSC just released a comprehensive community study to inform the redesign of the Allen and Pike Street Pedestrian Malls. Read more and download the report here...
9/19/08 Read more about the Take Back Your Park process and report on Streetsblog!
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